A woman clad in emerald green and white armour stepped out of a white light and made her way through the streets, a staff in hand reminiscent of an ornate elongated key, waist length emerald hair that shone like silk in the light. She made her way forward as if possessed, the soft clicks of her heels and the clink and clanks of the small chain around the waist echoed as if to announce her presence. The upper half of her face was obscured by as ornate mask that wouldn’t look out of place in a masquerade ball.

Everyone she passed by just stared turned and unturned alike, just wondering just who was this woman.

“Things have changed here…” She muttered to herself looking directly at some of the human turned ponies. “This isn’t supposed to be this way.” Sirens and footsteps were soon heard as the police were rushing to the scene, quickly trying to surround her.

“Ma’am drop the staff, kneel down and put your arms behind your head!” One of the officers ordered aiming their weapons at her. “Comply and there will be no harm to you!”

“The nerve of you all!” She shouted back, “Did you think such tricks would fool my eyes…Memoria?” She pointed her staff forward and shot forward a pulse of energy revealing the true form of one of the officers.

Inhuman screaming was heard as the officer’s muscles and bones began to grow, twist and crack, skin began to tear and burn black, the face distorted and elongated, the jaw splitting open into two mandibles. Soon another officer began to change and another; it wasn’t long before all the officers began to change.

Everyone was in a panic and ran for their lives, screaming for help climbing over each other in a desperate bid to get away.

“SKKRREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!” Each of the creatures howled, and soon turned their attention to the armour clad woman. A few people were taking shelter in a nearby, a news crew sent to investigate the white light.

“Get that damn camera on her and those monsters!” One of them yelled to another.

“Luna, Cillen! I think you should see this.” Celestia shouted and motioned to the TV.

“What is it…” Luna cut herself off, when she saw what was on the television. “Oh god no…Cillen!!”

“Damn it times already up!” Cillen muttered under his breath, “Already on it!” He answered and disappeared in a blink of an eye, leaving the two sisters alone to watch the events play out on the screen.

“Shane….Matt…What the hell are those things?” I asked frightened and pointed to the screen. Shane looked on and shook his head not knowing what to say.

It wasn’t long before the whole world was watching…

Another shock wave was flung towards the monsters, obliterating two of them on the spot. The rushed her one after another corroding the ground with each step forward, breathing out an eroding stream of ebony black flames from their disjointed mouths.

The woman leapt out of the way of each other streams, whatever each of the streams hit aged and rotted away into nothing. Another piercing howl as another fell and vanished into dust.

The woman was outnumbered thirty to one, but she was far from outmatched by the abominations.

“Enough is enough…” She muttered in an annoyed tone, “By Serenity’s grace die every last one of you! DEAD SCREAM!!!” A shadowy black orb fired from her staff, it rocketed into six of the creatures and consumed them in an explosion of light so dark even the shadows retreated from it.

“Your Existence Is Denied! ALL-DELETE!!” Several gunshots were heard and flew past her, erasing another group of the creatures that were circling behind her. She looked behind her and saw a hooded man clad in black and blue armour holding a rifle with an ebony blade on the barrel.

“Just who are you!” She demanded.

“The Memories Sentiment at your service.” Cillen answered her in a metallic voice, “But right now we both have something more important to attend to…it won’t be long before the alpha shows up.”

“Agreed!” She replied, “Now come we shall send all to hades!” Both ran towards the pack of remaining monsters.
The woman pummelled, eroded, obliterated and erased each of the Memoria from the face of the earth and its history, along with the memory of who those monsters once were. As they faded so did the memory of all who knew them.

“Alter Programme!” Cillen cried as he transformed his right arm into its bladed spear form and wielding it in his remaining arm, “You bastards have cost me and others too much, never again…Your Existence is Denied! ALL-DELETE!!”
Cillen impaled one of the Memoria, the monster screamed as it began to unravel into black ribbons and faded into nothingness. One after another was obliterated with each stab and slash of the Betrayal.

“For all the people you monsters killed!” The woman threw her staff into the air, “For all my friends you took away from me, DEEP SUBMERGE! WORLD SHAKING!!!” She let out a roar and threw two spheres, one of condensed high pressure water and the other of razor sharp gale force winds.

As they shot in and homed towards the monsters they converged into one and exploded in a torrent of rage filled storms.

“Now away with you all…Supreme Thunder Crash!!!” The monsters caught inside the torrent were electrocuted one by one, each howling and screaming in pain. “You took them away…all of them!” She screamed, “Your Existence is Denied!! DARK DOME CLOSE!!!” A giant gate opened up above the monsters sucking them inside and into oblivion where they would be erased from time itself.

Cillen slashed, shot and bisected each of the remaining creatures; the last thing each of those monsters saw was brilliant gold of hate filled eyes. To him these monsters were nothing but cockroaches that needed to be destroyed down to the very last one. The two fought on destroying and erasing each of the Memoria that came charging in from the nearby streets, dozens quickly turned into over a hundred Memoria.

Cillen wanted to freeze time and spare the world the horror of these monsters, but they knew the world needed to see this. These monsters that had took their homes from them and countless others; this was where they drew the line.

The whole world watched on in awe as the two fought on, Luna was cheering them on and deep down wishing she could help Cillen like she did before. Celestia on the other hand remained stoic as she watched, reading the look on their faces. She could see the hatred and rage in their eyes, but also the pain of loss, just how could she not see it. These were just two people fighting tooth and nail just to make sure this world wouldn’t fall like her home did.

Luna had told her what had happened before she found herself here, and it left her asking herself just what did he lose to make him fight on so desperately.

It was nothing short of a one sided slaughter as both Sentiments demolished each and every one of those abominations.

“Tch…This is getting ridiculous.” Cillen complained out of frustration, “Didn’t think I needed to use this again so soon.”

“You’re going to summon?” The woman shook her head, “Well I guess we have no choice.”

“Well Luna will be pissed when she sees this.” Cillen chuckled.

“Just get on with it.” She responded impatiently. Cillen threw the Betrayal into the skies with a mighty roar.

“Nightmarish ruler of the blackest moon and the eternal night, part the midnight heavens under your rule and smother world with dark visions of harmony!!”

The clouds in the sky parted and darkened. As Cillen chanted, an ominous chill began to fill the air around the monsters.

“Now come and reform your fractured glory, and smother all who oppose you in a miasma of nightmares and the shadow of oblivion.”

The cloud dispersed revealing a fractured moon slowly reforming itself piece by piece. The monsters could only watch on in awe and confusion, as they all felt a dark piercing gaze that shook them to their core.

“Now all of you…rot in the lost memory of my home, TEMPEST ALTERNA!” Cillen screamed. A Shadow crept and spilled out of the fractured moon, surrounding them in a pitch black fog that morphed the world around them into a desolate wasteland, ruined buildings covered in blue flames and devoid of any life with the exception of the Memoria and the two Sentiments.

“What’s going on?” the woman asked herself.

“This is the world of my home, a world far in the future now lost to history.” Cillen explained, as the skies began to crack and crumble down on the monsters crushing them underneath the weight of each shard, as others began to unravel into black ribbons.

“To be more precise this is the very memory of when I destroyed Equestria in my timeline…” He continued, “And the very reason why Celestia never became a Sentiment.”

Soon every last one of the Memoria had faded away into nothing as the memory collapsed consuming and undoing them all, leaving only the two Sentiments standing amongst the now damaged streets.

“I hoped you wouldn’t show up just yet.” Cillen sighed as he pointed his rifle at the woman. “I guess you were expecting an Equestrian Sentiment?”

“I came here wondering why the timeline had been altered so badly, but instead I find an entirely new timeline…” She sneered, “And my opposite as it would seem.”

“Well what can I say? Things like time really have no meaning for things like us.” Cillen replied, “But that’s not why you’re here is it?”

“Your thirty days are up no matter how you look at it.” She warned, “You’re guests will be coming soon, it was a pain guiding them here.”

“Tch…I figured I had another week at best.” Cillen cursed. “So just like that you’re going to pass judgement on these people? They don’t even know why this is happening?”

"I see…” She sighed, “As you wish then…People and Ponies of this world! We know you are all watching us as we speak, this was a day both of us hoped could be avoided but sadly your time has just about ran out. Cancel whatever plans you have to travel, stay in your homes and with loved one so you can all avoid impending tragedy and pointless injury.”

“What are you doing?!” Cillen asked through gritted teeth, “You know fine well you can’t interfere!”

“You attracted the attention of something far above either of us.” She told him and continued, “In twenty four hours each and every last human on this planet shall change, regardless of if you want to or not.”

“No…NO!!” Cillen roared and slashed at the armour clad woman, “You or anything else doesn’t have that right!”

“Who are you to say what happens?” She roared back, blocking the blow, “This is the fate of this timeline it’s written the pages of history, no matter what you do!”

“Like hell it is!” Cillen roared back, “Go back to the gates of time where you belong! This timeline is under my protection, not yours!”

“Some job you have been doing then!” She argued back, “By the moon you’ve already caused enough damage as it is!”

“Yeah right like I can help how my powers work!” Cillen argued back, “The memory overwrite was the only reason those monsters couldn’t attack the people here!”

“And just what would you have me do then!” She roared, “The sun princess was supposed to be the Memories Sentiment instead of you!”

“Oh boo-fucking-hoo!” Cillen replied mockingly, “Excuse me if I beat her to it, it’s not like I wanted the damned job! Did you really think I was going to let those monsters consume Eques?” She sneered at him for a moment.

“Fine then…but like I said twenty four hours…” She warned him before vanishing from sight. “I’ll be watching and waiting….just remember that.”

“…” Cillen cursed, “So much for easing them into it…”

Author's Note

Next chapter is the Finale of the Thirty days arc. Can you guess who the other Sentiment is? Any way I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the story so far.

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